Latest ArcheAge News

Now that Relics of Hiram has finally been deployed to ArcheAge servers and server "evolution" has been completed, Gamigo developers are ready to send out a number of reward packages to all players and to players who participated in the server merge process.

ArcheAge servers are down from now until about 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern to bring the 5.0 "Relics of Hiram" update online. If all goes according to plan, servers will remain down for approximately four hours.

The ArcheAge site has been updated with a brief note from the new ArcheAge team to let the community know what it has been up to for the past couple weeks since the announcement that Trion Worlds had been sold to Gamigo. In it, the new team is working to ensure server stability, set up the new infrastructure and to deploy the 5.0 Update Relics of Hiram to the PTS today. Relics will be ready for players to test starting at 4:00 pm today and 5.0 will be launching on live servers on November 13th.

The ArcheAge forum has a new letter posted from XLGames' Jake Song. In it, he mentions how shocked he was by the news that Trion had been sold to Gamigo but that he and the team will work with the new owners to "stabilize the game service & launch the 5.0 Update as quickly as possible".

A brief post has been written to inform the ArcheAge community that the Relics of Hiram update is going to be delayed. Originally scheduled for release today, the note indicates that the team is working towards a new indeterminate date to ensure server stability. The delay for stability has also come at the hands of Monday's revelation that Trion Worlds was sold to Gamigo. It remains unclear if Gamigo will continue publishing AA or if it will revert to developer XLGames.

ArcheAge players have an opportunity to have their epic stories immortalized in the game thanks to a new contest offered by Trion. Players can submit their stories of their battle prowess or perhaps a tale of a heartbreaking loss or even yarns about epic exploration or political intrigue while building their nations. Submissions have a chance to be placed as an in-game tome "for future generations of adventurers to read" and players will earn a special title for their efforts.

Trion Worlds has announced that ArcheAge 5.0 "Relics of Hiram" will launch on October 24th. Players will find a huge expansion that brings new locations to explore, gear to collect and enemies to fight. The anticipated Maledication skill set will also be part of 5.0 and adds 45 new dark magic class combinations for players to master.

Trion Worlds will be celebrating the fourth anniversary of ArcheAge with the Water Gun Festival to earn Kyrios Badges and Hiram Infusions. In addition, from September 12th through September 26th, players will receive a free 500 Labor Pot each day.

Trion Worlds is giving ArcheAge players plenty of notice ahead of a server "evolution" coming to both North American and European servers on October 17th to "better balance populations". While the details are somewhat slim at the moment, the plan is to release a comprehensive FAQ sometime next week.

Relics of Hiram is the next major ArcheAge update that will be coming to live servers later this fall. Of particular note, players will find the new Western Hiram Mountains with new challenges for endgame players. In addition, players will find 45 new class combinations thanks to the Malediction skillset that "allows players to use powerful dark magic to exploit their enemies' weaknesses while empowering themselves". Lastly, a new tier of Hiram gear is waiting to be found.